[PD] [print] and float arguments

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Nov 20, 2007, at 12:16 PM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> Is there any particular reason why [print] does not accept float   
>> arguments?  I think I want to add them.
>
> probably for a similar reason like why [send] does not accept float  
> arguments?
>
> (this is of course not true; [send] requires "binding" to a label,  
> and numbers (A_FLOAT) do not provide a mechanism to do so, whereas  
> symbols do)

I don't understand your point.  Basically what I am asking is, would  
anyone object to adding the ability to handle float args to [print]?

.hc


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